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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 74433 

(March 4, 2015), 80 FR 12690 (‘‘Notice’’). 4See letter dated March 31, 2015 from 

Anonymous; letter dated March 31, 2015 from 

Dorothy Donohue, Deputy General Counsel, 

Securities Regulation, Investment Company 

Institute, to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Commission; 

and letter dated March 31, 2015 from Thomas E. 

Faust Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 

Eaton Vance Corp., to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, 

Commission; all available at: http://www.sec.gov/

comments/sr-nysearca-2015-02/

nysearca201502.shtml. 

5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

6 Id. 

7 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31). 

1Pursuant to section 1244(c)(2)(C)(iii) of IFCA, 

the relevant sanction in Section 1244(c)(1) 

continues not to apply, by its terms, in the case of 

Iranian financial institutions that have not been 

designated for the imposition of sanctions in 

connection with Iran’s proliferation of weapons of 

mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons 

of mass destruction, support for international 

terrorism, or abuses of human rights (as described 

in section 1244(c)(3)). 

2Pursuant to section 1246(a)(1)(C) of IFCA, the 

relevant sanction in Section 1246(a)(1)) continues 

not to apply, by its terms, in the case of Iranian 

financial institutions that have not been designated 

for the imposition of sanctions in connection with 

Iran’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 

or delivery systems for weapons of mass 

destruction, support for international terrorism, or 

abuses of human rights (as described in section 

1246(b)). 

By the Commission. 

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09555 Filed 4–21–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–74755; File No. SR– 

NYSEArca–2015–02] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a 

Longer Period for Commission Action 

on Proposed Rule Change To Amend 

NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 To 

Adopt Generic Listing Standards for 

Managed Fund Shares 

April 17, 2015. 

On February 17, 2015, NYSE Arca, 

Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant 

to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 

19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule 

change to amend NYSE Arca Equities 

Rule 8.600 to adopt generic listing 

standards for Managed Fund Shares. 

The proposed rule change was 

published for comment in the Federal 

Register on March 10, 2015.3 The 

Commission received three comments 

on the proposal.4

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 5 provides 

that, within 45 days of the publication 

of notice of the filing of a proposed rule 

change, or within such longer period up 

to 90 days as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or as to which the 

self-regulatory organization consents, 

the Commission shall either approve the 

proposed rule change, disapprove the 

proposed rule change, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether the 

proposed rule change should be 

disapproved. The 45th day for this filing 

is April 24, 2015. The Commission is 

extending this 45-day time period. 

The Commission finds it appropriate 

to designate a longer period within 

which to take action on the proposed 

rule change so that it has sufficient time 

to consider the proposed rule change 

and the comments received. 

Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant 

to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,6

designates June 8, 2015, as the date by 

which the Commission shall either 

approve or disapprove, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether to 

disapprove, the proposed rule change 

(File No. SR–NYSEArca–2015–02). 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.7

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09425 Filed 4–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9100] 

Provision of Certain Temporary 

Sanctions Relief 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. government is 

renewing temporary waivers of certain 

sanctions to allow for a discrete range of 

transactions related to the provision of 

satellite connectivity services to the 

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 

(IRIB). The U.S. government is renewing 

these waivers based on Iran’s 

commitment to ensure that harmful 

uplink satellite interference does not 

emanate from its territory, and 

verification by the U.S. government that 

harmful uplink satellite interference is 

not currently emanating from the 

territory of Iran. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective 

dates of these waiver actions are as 

described in the determinations set forth 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On 

general issues: Paul Pavwoski, Office of 

Economic Sanctions Policy and 

Implementation, Department of State, 

Telephone: (202) 647–7489. 

On January 30, the Secretary of State 

took the following actions: 

Acting under the authorities vested in 

me as Secretary of State, I hereby make 

the following determinations and 

certifications: 

Pursuant to Sections 1244(i), 1246(e) 

and 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom and 

Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

(subtitle D of title XII of Public Law 

112–239, 22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.) (IFCA) 

and the Delegation of Certain Functions 

and Authorities under IFCA, 78 FR 

35545 (June 13, 2013), I determine that 

it is vital to the national security of the 

United States to waive the imposition of 

sanctions pursuant to: 

1. Section 1244(c)(1) of IFCA 1 to the 

extent required for: 

a. Transactions involving the 

provision of ground connectivity 

services using earth stations and fiber 

optic connections outside of Iran and 

the provision and management of 

satellite capacity for sale or resale to the 

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting 

(IRIB), where such ground connectivity 

services and satellite capacity are to be 

used for the provision to Iran of public 

international telecommunications 

services, and 

b. transactions involving the 

provision of the following related 

administrative services to, or for the 

benefit of, the IRIB, to the extent such 

services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite 

connectivity with IRIB: Standard 

operational support, including 

coordinating with in-country personnel 

on matters such as configuring ground 

and earth station equipment to access 

space segment capacity; marketing 

services; billing services; and legal 

services, and excluding any transactions 

involving persons other than the IRIB on 

the SDN List. 

2. Section 1246(a) of IFCA 2 to the 

extent required for the provision of 

underwriting services or insurance or 

reinsurance for: 

a. Transactions involving the 

provision of ground connectivity 

services using earth stations and fiber 

optic connections outside of Iran and 

the provision and management of 

satellite capacity for sale or resale to the 

IRIB, where such ground connectivity 

services and satellite capacity are to be 

used for the provision to Iran of public 

international telecommunications 

services, and excluding any transactions 

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3Pursuant to section 1247(a) of IFCA, the relevant 

sanction in section 1247(a) still continues not to 

apply, by its terms, in the case of Iranian financial 

institutions that have not been designated for the 

imposition of sanctions in connection with Iran’s 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 

delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction, 

support for international terrorism, or abuses of 

human rights (as described in section 1247(b)). 

involving persons other than the IRIB on 

the SDN List; and 

b. transactions involving the 

provision of the following related 

administrative services to, or for the 

benefit of, Iran, to the extent such 

services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite 

connectivity with IRIB: Standard 

operational support, including 

coordinating with in-country personnel 

on matters such as configuring ground 

and earth station equipment to access 

space segment capacity; marketing 

services; billing services; and legal 

services, and excluding any transactions 

involving persons other than the IRIB on 

the SDN List. 

3. Section 1247(a) of IFCA 3 to the 

extent required for transactions by 

foreign financial institutions on behalf 

of IRIB involving: 

a. The provision of ground 

connectivity services using earth 

stations and fiber optic connections 

outside of Iran and the provision and 

management of satellite capacity for sale 

or resale to the IRIB, where such ground 

connectivity services and satellite 

capacity are to be used for the provision 

to Iran of public international 

telecommunications services, and for 

associated services, and 

b. transactions involving the 

provision of the following related 

administrative services to, or for the 

benefit of, Iran, to the extent such 

services are necessary to establish and 

maintain ground and satellite 

connectivity with IRIB: Standard 

operational support, including 

coordinating with in-country personnel 

on matters such as configuring ground 

and earth station equipment to access 

space segment capacity; marketing 

services; billing services; and legal 

services. 

These waivers shall take effect upon 

transmittal to Congress. 

(Signed John F. Kerry, Secretary of 

State) 

Therefore, these sanctions have been 

waived as described in the 

determinations above. Relevant agencies 

and instrumentalities of the U.S. 

government shall take all appropriate 

measures within their authority to carry 

out the provisions of this notice. 

Charles H. Rivkin, 

Assistant Secretary for Economic and 

Business Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09511 Filed 4–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9108] 

The State Department’s § 515.582 List 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice, initial publication of list 

of goods and services produced by 

Cuban independent entrepreneurs 

eligible for importation into the United 

States. 

SUMMARY: On February 13, 2015, the 

Department of State published a list of 

goods and services produced by 

independent Cuban entrepreneurs that 

are eligible for importation into the 

United States, pursuant to § 515.582 of 

the Department of the Treasury’s Cuban 

Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 

515 (‘‘CACR’’). The State Department is 

issuing a Federal Register notice to this 

effect. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 13, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Economic Sanctions Policy 

and Implementation, tel.: 202–647– 

7489; Office of the Coordinator for 

Cuban Affairs, tel.: 202–647–9273, 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520 (not toll-free numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning the List are 

available from the Department of State’s 

Web site (www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi). 

Background 

On January 16, 2015, the Department 

of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign 

Assets Control (OFAC) published a final 

rule in the Federal Register (80 FR 

2291) amending the Cuban Assets 

Control Regulations (CACR), 31 CFR 

part 515, to implement the President’s 

December 17, 2014, policy 

announcement on Cuba. § 515.582 of the 

CACR was added to authorize 

commercial imports of certain goods 

and services produced by independent 

Cuban entrepreneurs, as determined by 

the State Department as set forth on the 

State Department’s § 515.582 List. The 

State Department’s § 515.582 List was 

published February 13, 2015 on its Web 

site (http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi) 

and went into effect immediately upon 

publication. Per § 515.582 of the CACR, 

the State Department is issuing a 

Federal Register notice to this effect. 

The List is as follows, and may be 

updated by the State Department 

periodically. 

U.S. Department of State 

Section 515.582 List 

Goods and Services Eligible for 

Importation 

In accordance with the policy changes 

announced by the President on 

December 17, 2014, to further engage 

and empower the Cuban people, 

§ 515.582 of the Cuban Assets Control 

Regulations (31 CFR part 515—the 

CACR) authorizes the importation into 

the United States of certain goods and 

services produced by independent 

Cuban entrepreneurs as determined by 

the State Department as set forth on the 

§ 515.582 List, below. 

Goods 

The goods whose import is authorized 

by § 515.582 are goods produced by 

independent Cuban entrepreneurs, as 

demonstrated by documentary evidence, 

that are imported into the United States 

directly from Cuba, except for goods 

specified in the following sections/

chapters of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTS): 

• Section I: Live Animals; Animal 

Products 

Æ All chapters 

• Section II: Vegetable Products 

Æ All chapters 

• Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats 

and Oils and their Cleavage 

Products; Prepared Edible Fats; 

Animal or Vegetable Waxes 

Æ All chapters 

• Section IV: Prepared Foodstuffs; 

Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; 

Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco 

Substitutes 

Æ All chapters 

• Section V: Mineral Products 

Æ All chapters 

• Section VI: Products of the Chemical 

or Allied Industries 

Æ Chapters 28–32; 35–36, 38 

• Section XI: Textile and Textile 

Articles 

Æ Chapters 51–52 

• Section XV: Base Metals and Articles 

of Base Metal 

Æ Chapters 72–81 

• Section XVI: Machinery and 

Mechanical Appliances; Electrical 

Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound 

Recorders and Reproducers, 

Television Image and Sound 

Recorders and Reproducers, and 

Parts and Accessories of Such 

Articles 

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